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JOSEPH PATTON FRY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1945 – November 17, 1966
Service recordJoseph Patton Fry, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 82
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 82
- RICHARD LEE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- JOE CALDWELLPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- EDWARD CECIL CAYEY JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- NORMAN EUGENE GUILLAUME JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
From Bethlehem
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · February 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- WAYNE TYRONE MOLLCorporal · October 10, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.